Auburn 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

Auburn Tigers
SEC (35-24, 13-17)

 

Big Wins: 2/28 Oklahoma State (9-2), 3/20 Vanderbilt (6-4), 5/14 at Florida (4-1)
Bad Losses: 2/14 Binghamton (5-11), 3/1 Jacksonville State (9-10), 3/10 Samford (0-7)
Coach: Sunny Golloway

Key Field Players:
Anfernee Grier, Sophomore, OF, .335 BA, 20 RBI
Melvin Gray, Junior, IF, .309 BA, 20 RBI
Daniel Robert, Sophomore, IF, .299 BA, 37 RBI
Damon Haecker, Sophomore, IF, .277 BA, 21 RBI
Cody Nulph, Junior, IF, .260 BA, 33 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Cole Lipscomb, Sophomore, P, 2.38 ERA, 8-2 W/L, 87.0 IP, 84 SO
Rocky McCord, Senior, P, 4.12 ERA, 5-4 W/L, 83.0 IP, 64 SO
Keegan Thompson, Sophomore, P, 3.21 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 67.1 IP, 60 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .276 (133rd in nation, 8th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.75 (161, 9)
Doubles per Game: 1.79 (98, 5)
Earned Run Average: 3.34 (41, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .973 (50, 8)
Home Runs per Game: 0.30 (248, 14)
Scoring Offense: 4.9 (197, 12)
Slugging Percentage: .375 (182, 13)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.91 (167, 11)
Triples per Game: 0.27 (93, 7)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2010    Regional    defeated Jacksonville State, lost to Clemson, defeated Southern Miss, eliminated by Clemson
2005    Regional    defeated South Alabama, lost to Florida State, defeated Army, eliminated by Florida State
2003    Regional    defeated Princeton, lost to Ohio State, defeated Clemson, eliminated by Ohio State
2002    Regional    lost to Florida Atlantic, eliminated by Alabama
2001    Regional    defeated Jacksonville, lost to Florida State, defeated Jacksonville, eliminated by Florida State

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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